Australia v England
Australia won by 10 wickets
2 to 4 January 1879Melbourne
Australiawon by 10 wickets
256 & 19/02.3 ov
England
113 & 16083 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
England innings
11354 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Ulyett | bowled | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bunny Lucas | bowled | 6 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Alexander Webbe | bowled | 4 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Monkey Hornby | bowled | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Lord Harris | bowled | 33 | - | - | 3 | 0 | - |
| The Revd Vernon Royle | bowled | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Francis MacKinnon | bowled | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tom Emmett | caught | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Charlie Absolom | caught | 52 | - | - | 5 | 0 | - |
| Leland Hone | caught | 7 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Sandford Schultz | not out | 0* | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 4, lb 2 | 6 | |||||
| Total | all out, 54 overs (4-ball) | 113 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260
1-0 George Ulyett2-7 Alexander Webbe3-10 Bunny Lucas4-14 Monkey Hornby5-26 The Revd Vernon Royle6-26 Francis MacKinnon7-26 Tom Emmett8-89 Lord Harris9-113 Charlie Absolom10-113 Leland Hone
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Spofforth | 25 | 9 | 48 | 6 | 1.92 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Allan | 17 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 1.76 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Garrett | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Boyle | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1.57 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
256159.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Bannerman | bowled | 15 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Billy Murdoch | caught | 4 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Tom Horan | caught | 10 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Alec Bannerman | bowled | 73 | - | 235 | 7 | 0 | - |
| Frederick Spofforth | caught | 39 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Tom Garrett | caught | 26 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Frank Allan | bowled | 5 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Harry Boyle | caught | 28 | - | - | 5 | 0 | - |
| Jack Blackham | bowled | 6 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Thomas Kelly | caught | 10 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Dave Gregory | not out | 12* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 19, lb 2, w 7 | 28 | |||||
| Total | all out, 159.3 overs (4-ball) | 256 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260
1-16 Billy Murdoch2-30 Charles Bannerman3-37 Tom Horan4-101 Frederick Spofforth5-131 Tom Garrett6-158 Frank Allan7-215 Harry Boyle8-224 Jack Blackham9-234 Thomas Kelly10-256 Alec Bannerman
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Emmett | 59 | 31 | 68 | 7 | 1.15 | 0 | 0 |
| George Ulyett | 62 | 24 | 93 | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Bunny Lucas | 18 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 1.72 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandford Schultz | 6.3 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2.37 | 0 | 0 |
| Monkey Hornby | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| The Revd Vernon Royle | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Lord Harris | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
16083 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Ulyett | bowled | 14 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Bunny Lucas | caught | 13 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Alexander Webbe | lbw | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Monkey Hornby | bowled | 4 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Lord Harris | caught | 36 | - | - | 4 | 0 | - |
| The Revd Vernon Royle | caught | 18 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Francis MacKinnon | bowled | 5 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Charlie Absolom | caught | 6 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Tom Emmett | not out | 24* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Leland Hone | bowled | 6 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Sandford Schultz | caught | 20 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 10, lb 4 | 14 | |||||
| Total | all out, 83 overs (4-ball) | 160 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260
1-26 Bunny Lucas2-28 George Ulyett3-28 Alexander Webbe4-34 Monkey Hornby5-78 The Revd Vernon Royle6-103 Lord Harris7-103 Francis MacKinnon8-118 Charlie Absolom9-128 Leland Hone10-160 Sandford Schultz
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Spofforth | 35 | 16 | 62 | 7 | 1.77 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Allan | 28 | 11 | 50 | 2 | 1.79 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Garrett | 10 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Boyle | 10 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 18
19/02.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Bannerman | not out | 15* | - | 10 | - | 0 | - |
| Billy Murdoch | not out | 4* | - | 10 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 0 wickets, 2.3 overs (4-ball) | 19 | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Ulyett | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandford Schultz | 1.3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.71 | 0 | 0 |